Scot. Hist. [f. prec. + -RY.] An abbacy; the territory and jurisdiction of an abbot; also the secular jurisdiction of what were previously abbatial lands. (Erroneously used as the jurisdiction of the imaginary ABTHANE. As the office itself was the Abthaine, the words ABTHAINRY and ABTHANAGE are unnecessary, and should be disused. See note to prec.)
1872. Skene, Fordun, II. 413. The following Abthainries appear in the Chartularies and Records: Dull, Abthania, etc. Ibid., 414. The owners of an Abbatia or Abthanrie appear to have occasionally borne the title of Abbe or Abbot.
